While the team has shown they are on their way to the top of the NFC North again, what picks could tip the scales in favor of them in 2025?

With the NFL's pre-draft process heating up, it's a good time to get familiar with some of the players the Minnesota Vikings could target with their first pick in April. Here at Vikings On SI, we're taking a look at five players at positions of need who the Vikings should be looking at,

Last year, the Vikings moved up twice in the first round, sending multiple mid-round draft picks in 2024 and 2025 to the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars to move up to 10th and 17th to draft quarterback J.J. McCarthy and edge Dallas Turner, respectively.

What could the Vikings be looking for with pick No. 24 in the first round of the draft? How about some help on the interior of the lines?

As is tradition around these parts, the Vikings enter the offseason in need of upgrades on the interior of their offensive line. Armed with plenty of cap space, that figures to be one of their top priorities in free agency.

One of the Vikings' top NFL Draft targets, Ole Miss defensive end Walter Nolen, is playing his way out of Minnesota's reach at pick No. 24.

How should the Vikings use them? We are releasing a mock draft every Friday to see what the Vikings should do when it comes to the NFL Draft. The key with these is free agency has